[Metallicorphan is an Ass]

Activision announced yesterday that they have cancelled Guitar Hero/DJ Hero franchise...and also True Crime Hong Kong


Guitar Hero and DJ hero is a big meh,i have bought one or two GH games and once you have one you have them all,minus the new songs


however True Crime Hong Kong is the real casualty here(i mean not included all the jobs that are lost from these 3 franchises)



True Crime Hong Kong was 'Virtually Complete',it did originally have a Q4 2010 date before changing to Q2 2011 before all this,now one of the developers have said that the game was playable from start to finish

CVG

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True Crime: Hong Kong was playable from start to finish and "virtually complete" in terms of content before Activision canned it, the developer behind the game told CVG.

so,what can the developers of True Crime do?,can they look for a new publisher?...well wasn't that what Activision(Bobby) were crying about when Brutal Legend did the same thing when their game was to be canned from Activision,only for Brutal Legend to be picked up by EA


so,anyway strangely enough today Activision have announced new Spider-man and Family Guy video games...but it's clear that Activision is acting a little strange of late...their 3 big franchises were Guitar Hero,Call of Duty and World Of Warcraft,now they are down to 2

and talking of Call of Duty,Activision again yesterday announced 'Beachhead',a new studio that will take on Call Of Duty as a digital only

Eurogamer

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"Today, we're pleased to announce our new wholly-owned development studio, Beachhead, which will lead the creation of our all-new digital platform for the Call of Duty franchise.

"Beachhead will create a best-in-class online community, exclusive content and a suite of services for our Call of Duty fans to supercharge the online gaming experience like never before.

"The platform will support in-game integration and bring online experiences and console play together for the first time. The platform has been in development for over a year, and we're very excited about the increased value we can bring to the community. We look forward to sharing more specifics on this exciting new endeavour with you in the near future."

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Activision CEO COCK KNOCKER Bobby Kotick also weighed in on Beachhead.

"Today, we have multiple teams and studios fully dedicated to online development and service operations," he said.

"Our leadership in online entertainment technologies continues to grow, as illustrated by our announcement today of our studio called Beachhead, which is focused solely on the development of an innovative new digital platform and special services for our Call of Duty community.

"And we believe we are best positioned to take advantage of retail and digital distribution channels that can collectively deliver content to more players in more places and with better economics than ever before.

"We've always said that the big are getting bigger but not only are the big getting bigger in retail, as players gravitate to the best experiences and we push the limits on our best-in-class execution, we have also leveraged our internal platforms to offer audiences choice and convenience through the provision of direct distribution of Blizzard games.

"We expect to enhance the Call of Duty experience in similar ways with our new digital platform from Beachhead."

Following the announcement, speculation mounted that Activision planned to charge Call of Duty players for elements of its online component.

But Activision, Treyarch and Infinity Ward have all been vocal in their insistence that they will "never, ever charge for Call of Duty multiplayer". Surely they can't go back on their promise?

As some have suggested, Beachhead may be preparing to launch an application that apes Microsoft's Halo Waypoint, which gamers use to track their Halo careers through the Xbox 360 dashboard.

whatever it turns out to be,expect your wallet(or your Purse,Pogue)to become lighter


seems to me Bobby/Activision are slowly trying to kill the video game industry,here in the UK they charge an extra 15 quid for COD games and then axed a shit load of jobs

[SkinToxicated76]

not sure what is meant by this "digital platform" and "digital retail and distribution" really means. it sosunds like a spin on a some cryptic information.

personally, if they do a "pay to play service", it will be gmaing suicide as people will leave the CoD franchise quicker than a girl after pogues first chat up line.


i dunno if it means we buy the campaign on disc but download (and be charge for) the multiplayer element? eg "campaign game" is £25 (for example) and we have to pay another 20 for the multiplayer element? cant see the point. TBH, i would be happy just do download/buy the multiplayer element and sod the campaign (still havent done the campaign on blakc ops)

there is no way these games could be download only, the servers fall over just running multiplayer in release, can you imagine the chaos if they were to make the game download only?

[Homebuilt PC]

I don't know what they mean by 'digital platform' either (aren't all console games digital?) but I sure wouldn't be paying extra for multiplayer.
It seems as though the infrastructure is being put in place for that though. Just look at what they did with Homefront. Multiplayer is capped at level 5 unless you purchase a code to 'unlock' it. Nevermind a code is included with the game, you still can't play if you buy it used. And I'm sure that means if I want to trade this in at Gamestop, it will be essentially worthless as the next person has to put out an extra $10-15 to 'buy' the code that allows multiplayer.

Maybe they are just trying to destroy the secondary market. I remember Mass Effect 2 had something similar.

Anyway, I've had it with the CoD series anyhow, there are too many good games that are being overshadowed and passed up because of CoD, Halo, and now the upcoming GoW. Piss on 'em. I have Homefront and Lego Star Wars III. That'll keep for a while.

[Metallicorphan is an Ass]

yeah a few devs have something against the second hand market,but these online codes included with new copies also do well against piracy...although if you are paying a fiver for a game then you get what you pay for IMO

I am glad at least there is a chance to pay for the stuff on the marketplace if you do buy it second hand,hopefully with the price of the game and the price of the content online you will still not be paying over the odds at the time

[wnchstr96]

I can so see those fucktards going to download only. To them it's all about the almighty $, to us the gaming experience. I'm with Homebuilt on trying to concentrate on other games, but as usual I will give in to my game invites simply for the humor of listening to JCB say "Yes I camp, get over it"